Math Jokes/Trivia

I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my one's digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I ?

• 185

• 194

• 941

• 861

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CCSS.4.NBT.A.1

CCSS.4.NBT.A.2

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Two schoolgirls were traveling from the city to a summer cottage on a electric train. "I notice," one of the girls said, "that the trains coming in the opposite direction pass us every 5 minutes. What do you think-how many trains arrive in the city in a hour, given equal speeds in both directions? "Twelve, of course, the other girl answered because 60/5 is 12. The first girl did not agree. How many trains arrive in the city in one hour?

• five

• ten

• six

• not enough info

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over them. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn't get a flower. 2. If two bees share a flower, there is one flower left out.

• 3 flowers and 4 bees.

• 4 bees and 3 flowers.

• 7 bees and 7 flowers

• 14 bees and 0 flowers.

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CCSS.5.OA.B.3

1/9 of identical basketball balls is overweight and cannot be used in the game. How can it be identified after just 2 weighings?

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Four bags contains a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s, and 7s. Pick any combination of 10 numbers that create a total of exactly 37?

• 1,3,5,7,1,3,5,7,7,2

• 5,5,5,5,5,7(it is not possible with 10 numbers)

• 5,7,5,7,5,7,1(it is only possible with 6 numbers)

• It is not possible odd + odd = even

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CCSS.4.OA.C.5

The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be(There are 3 possible solutions)?

• 14 and 41

• 42 and 24

• 51 and 15

• 60 and 6

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.EE.B.5

A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meter pit. Each day the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters downwards. How many days does it take the snail to reach the top of the pit?

• 10 days

• 15 days

• 12 days

• 16 days

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.NS.C.5

What has a face and two hands but no arms and legs?

• a snake

• a circle

• a clock

• a pizza

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CCSS.1.MD.B.3

If there are 4 apples and you take away 3, how many apples do you have?

• one

• three

• seven

• four

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CCSS.1.OA.A.1

I am a place, in state. I am an answer to a math problem. The math problem is: To get a cube, you multiply something by 5. What do you multiply by?

• The Golden Gate Bridge

• Times Square

• Kings Dominion

• The White House